Kelly Clarkson on Ron Paul backlash

Kelly Clarkson earned some buzz in December when she showed some love for Ron Paul.

The “American Idol” winner wrote on her Twitter feed, “I love Ron Paul. I liked him a lot during the last republican nomination and no one gave him a chance. If he wins the nomination for the Republican party in 2012 he’s got my vote. Too bad he probably won’t.”

In a new interview in the March 15 issue of Rolling Stone, Clarkson explains the media whirlwind that resulted from a simple tweet.

“I’m hanging out with my brother and my little niece, playing Barbies, and Ron Paul comes on TV. He doesn’t BS around anything. I was like, ‘This dude is refreshing.’ All I did was tweet what I thought, and people went crazy! All of a sudden people were like, ‘You hate gay people’—what? I didn’t even endorse him! All I said was that I liked him. I voted for Barack, so it’s not even like I’m a hardcore Republican.”